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- Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY (part 2) at
Admiration of his lady's perfections, joy in her smiles, grief at her frowns, and anxiety for her welfare, are expressed by the poet in a thousand accents of simplicity and truth; and if extravagance or affectation sometimes offends, it ought to be recoll - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. IV. GERMANY at
Cotemporary, or nearly so, with the most celebrated Troubadours flourished the Minnesingers of Germany. Their poetry was, till of late, almost unknown out of their native land; yet it is decidedly superior to that of their more fortunate rivals. It is the - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. FRANCE at
Learned controversies have agitated the rival partisans of the Langue d'oc and Langue d'oeil, as to their comparative antiquity, their mutual relations, and the degree of influence on the literature of modern Europe which may properly be ascribed to each. - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. SECTION III. ITALY at
Considering the perfection in which the earliest known specimens exhibit the language of Italy, -- the delight which it is clear its inhabitants felt in the poetry and romances of the North and South French,-- and the free intercourse with other nations w - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. SECTION II. Catalonia & Castille at
The intimate connection between the Troubadours of Provence and those of Catalonia and Arragon leads us naturally to a few observations on the obscure memorials, which have come down to us, of the history and works of the poets who once graced this divisi - Column: On The Age and Poetry of the Minnesingers, Troubadours, &c. Sect. 1. PROVENCE {excerpt} at
The 11th, 12th and 13th centuries form a great period of fermentation, during which the elements of European civilization were separating and fashioning themselves for the reception of new forms. Principles were yet crude and indigested, but feeling was e - Column: An Essay On The Ancient Minstrels In England at
The Minstrels were an order of men in the Middle Ages, who subsisted by the arts of poetry, and music, and sang to the harp verses composed by themselves, or others. They also appear to have accompanied their songs with mimicry and action, and to have pra - Column: Vimy Ridge at allpoetry
